Based on the aggregated intelligence of 135,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, office REIT Vornado Realty Trust
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Vornado's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Vornado facts
Headquarters |
New York, N.Y. |
Market Cap |
$7.33 billion |
Industry |
REIT |
TTM Revenue |
$2.61 billion |
Management |
CEO Michael Fascitelli CFO Joseph Macnow |
Return on Equity (average, last five years and TTM) |
9.5% and 1.4% |
Competitors |
Boston Properties Brookfield Properties |
CAPS members bearish on VNO also bearish on |
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Goldman Sachs |
CAPS members bullish on VNO also bullish on |
General Electric
Google |
Sources: Capital IQ, a division of Standard & Poor's, and Motley Fool CAPS. TTM = trailing 12 months.
Over on CAPS, fully 135 of the 178 All-Star members who have rated Vornado -- some 76% -- believe the stock will underperform the S&P 500 going forward. These bears include All-Stars blake303 and MystixX, both of whom are ranked in the top 2% of our community.
Late last month, blake303 made a quick update on his bearish stance:
My previous pitch, which is still valid: Increasing tenant closures/bankruptcies. Falling lease rates. Rising cap rates. Refinancing difficulties. Dilution by stock dividends.
My new pitch: This [stock] is up more than 60% since the beginning of March.
In a pitch from four days earlier, MystixX echoes that contrarian sentiment:
No turnaround for commercial real estate in sight, property values continue to plummet as more and more stores are forced to close. All the unemployed have yet to really affect the economy once the last remnants of their equity are used up in the coming months. This death spiral has a ways to go.
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